15 best-selling biography books like I'd Love to Kiss You: Conversations With Bette Davis (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series) by Whitney Stine

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I'd Love to Kiss You: Conversations With Bette Davis (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series)

By: Whitney Stine

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Provides a revealing look at the actress, her personal life, her career, and her opinions about fri…

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1. Montgomery Clift: A Biography

By: Patricia Bosworth

4.01

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

...Because of Bosworth's artistry, her ability to choose the right details, and her own immersion i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"One must know a bad performance to know a good one. You can't be middle-of-the-road about it, just as you can't be middle-of-the-road about life. I mean, you can't say about Hitler, I can take him or…"

-Patricia Bosworth, Montgomery Clift: A Biography

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2. The Way I See It

By: None , Patti Davis

3.39

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

The daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan tells all in a revealing chronicle of her life as a Reagan,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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3. The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)

By: Muriel Spark

3.65

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Like the May of Teck Club itself—"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"—i… read more

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"it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls."

-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)

"- 'Poise is perfect balance, an equanimity of body and mind, complete composure whatever the social scene. Elegant dress, immaculate grooming, and perfect deportment all contribute to the attainment …"

-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)

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4. The Lowland

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.87

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portrayal of lives undone and forged anew, The Lowland is a … read more

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"Isolation offered its own form of companionship"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

"The blood of too many, dissolving the very stain."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

"In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

"With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

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5. Ripley Under Ground (Ripley, #2)

By: Patricia Highsmith

5.00

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

"Patricia Highsmith is often called a mystery or crime writer, which is a bit like calling Picasso … read more

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6. Ripley's Game (Ripley, #3)

By: Patricia Highsmith

2.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle a… read more

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7. Hollywood Babylon

By: Kenneth Anger

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hollywood Babylonwas originally published in Paris, and quickly became an underground legend. Not a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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8. Ship of Fools

By: Katherine Anne Porter

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

The story takes place in the summer of 1931, on board a cruise ship bound for Germany. Passengers i… read more

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9. Hollywood Babylon II

By: Kenneth Anger

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

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10. Vivien Leigh: A Biography

By: Anne Edwards

3.37

Format: 297 pages,

Here is an extraordinary complex woman brought vividly to life in this first complete biography. Gi… read more

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11. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

Maurice and the rats have teamed up with a young lad named Keith to implement a clever moneymaking … read more

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"The second mouse gets the cheese!"

-Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)

"I am not so blind that I can't see darkness."

-Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)

"And I say take two, sir," said Maurice urgently. "Two and call it quits?"

-Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)

"A good motto in life, he'd reckoned, was: don't eat anything that glows."

-Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)

12. My Way of Life

By: Joan Crawford

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

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13. Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted

By: Andrew Wilson

3.96

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

A new biography of Sylvia Plath, a literary icon who continues to haunt, fascinate, and enthrall ev… read more

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14. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

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15. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

By: Mary Rodgers

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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16. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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17. Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10)

By: Armistead Maupin

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The tenth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Franci… read more

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18. The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear

By: Nat Segaloff

3.74

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Since 1973, The Exorcist and its progeny have scared and inspired half a century of filmgoers. Now,… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

19. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) by A.J. Pearce

20. Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

By: A.J. Pearce

4.19

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away … read more

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"You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left."

-A.J. Pearce, Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

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21. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

By: Crystal Hefner

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson by Mark  Griffin

22. All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson

By: Mark Griffin

3.74

Format: 512 pages, ebook

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The definitive biography of the deeply complex and widely misu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

23. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

By: Shawn Levy

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

24. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

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25. This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories (Turner Classic Movies)

By: Carla Valderrama

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this one-of-a-kind Hollywood history, Carla Valderrama -- creator of Instagram's celebrated @Thi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Tiffany Girls by Shelley Noble

26. The Tiffany Girls

By: Shelley Noble

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble wows with a gripping historical novel about the rea… read more

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Cover of Chita: A Memoir by Chita Rivera

27. Chita: A Memoir

By: Chita Rivera

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy by Charles Busch

28. Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy

By: Charles Busch

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, deliciously anecdotal account of a talented artist's dramatic journey in the worlds of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic by A. Ashley Hoff

29. With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic

By: A. Ashley Hoff

3.89

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age—until publ… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of I'd Love to Kiss You: Conversations With Bette Davis (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series) by Whitney Stine

30. I'd Love to Kiss You: Conversations With Bette Davis (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series)

By: Whitney Stine

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Provides a revealing look at the actress, her personal life, her career, and her opinions about fri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley

31. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir

By: Lisa Marie Presley

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

18 Best nonfiction books like I'd Love to Kiss You: Conversations With Bette Davis (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series) by Whitney Stine

Transform Your Habits

Montgomery Clift: A Biography

Patricia Bosworth

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Way I See It

None , Patti Davis

3.39

Transform Your Habits

Hollywood Babylon

Kenneth Anger

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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24 best-selling audiobook books like Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself by Crystal Hefner

Transform Your Habits

Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny

Holly Madison

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Kiss and Tell

Gene Simmons , Julie McCarron , Shannon Tweed

3.79

Transform Your Habits

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

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